Route 34 in Europe by Rail starts with an overnight journey through Hungary into Romania. There we’ll make time for three ...

Let’s not beat about the bush. The main rail route linking Cologne with Berlin will hardly inspire you with fine scenery. A sleek ICE train leaves Cologne Hauptbahnhof (Hbf) hourly for the German ...

Over successive editions of Europe by Rail, we have always been aware that our French routes are very Paris-centric, mirroring the reality of life in a country where economic, social and cultural ...

This long journey from Berlin to Bavaria and on across the Austrian border to Salzburg takes in some very fine German cities (including Leipzig, Weimar and Munich) and some decent countryside – of ...

The high point of this journey, indeed its entire raison d’être, is the Bernina Railway which links the Engadine area of eastern Switzerland with the Valtellina region in Lombardy. The Bernina is in ...

Be warned! One can overdose on culture. It’s not compulsory to see every painting in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, nor is it necessary to explore every back alley in Siena. A little goes a long way ...

This is one of Europe’s classic rail journeys, as the route south from Cologne hugs the River Rhine and then, once past Koblenz, follows the dramatic Rhine Gorge upstream. Moving over the ...

This journey to France in Europe by Rail starts at London’s St Pancras station, as inspiring a space as any cathedral. From London, it's a fast run to Paris on Eurostar. We continue south from the ...

This route represents our first serious encounter with Central Europe, a geographical notion which has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years. In this journey from Nuremberg to Prague we take in spa ...

This route, first introduced into Europe by Rail in 2022, links the two great cities of Habsburg power: Budapest and Vienna. In the final phase of the Habsburg Empire, these two cities were the twin ...

One of the great things about Galway is that the Irish city doesn’t have a working airport. It closed in 2011, and since then visitors have been forced to travel to Galway by road or rail. It’s ...